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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Book Spotlight - Sara Daniel

Today I welcome fellow Decadent Publishing author Sara Daniel who is talking about her latest release, her Calendar Men romance. Sounds Hot. Over to you, Sara...

It’s a new month! Time to pull out
your Calendar Men calendars. While you’re doing that, I’ll give you some background
on how they came into existence…

Leonidas Russo is a former US
Marine-turned-fashion model. He uses his connections in the fashion world to
put a call out for models to be featured in a charity calendar he's put
together to honor the memory of his brother, an Army soldier who died in the
Afghan war. Proceeds for the calendar in the stories will benefit The Fallen
Warriors Family Fund, a charity that gives scholarships and assistance to the
families left behind.

All together now, flip the calendar
page up and gaze in adoration and unabashed lust at the ripped physique and
chiseled face of Mr. September. This
is his story…

Gretchen Meyers is a full-figured woman living in a model
thin world. Desperate to end her mother's constant, nagging stream of dieting
and fashion “advice,” Gretchen tackles the challenge of reviving her mother’s
faltering modeling agency. All she needs is to woo back Kyle Ramsey, once the
hottest model in the country.

Making the preemptive choice to turn his back on his career
seemed Kyle’s only option until Gretchen comes calling. He doesn’t care what
she wants to offer him, the answer is no. Still, he’s intrigued by her
refreshing personality and all her lovely, lush curves.

When tragedy strikes, Kyle finds comfort and healing in Gretchen’s
arms. But he can’t trust her with his career-ending secret and she doesn’t
believe their relationship will survive the long term. He’s perfect and she’s
not even close. Can the fragile ties holding them together survive Kyle’s
opportunity to become a true model hero?

Excerpt:

The restaurant scene, then, had done
its job. Gretchen would have to send Jamie flowers. No, she’d send a box of
fattening chocolates instead. “Did you enjoy your evening after I left?”

Kyle’s gaze narrowed, he pushed himself
out of the chair. “Did you arrange with Jamie to drop by our table?”

“How could I, when I had no idea
where we were going for dinner until we were there?” Not to mention, she’d have
preferred to sever essential body parts than ask Jamie Feldman for anything.
But her irrational possessiveness was her own problem. “The important thing is
you had a good time, and you’re ready to make up for everything you’ve been
missing over the past year.”

“Those things aren’t important at
all.” He advanced on her slowly.

She took a step back and came up
against the door she’d closed a moment before.

Kyle flashed a predatory smile. He
took her purse and briefcase from her shoulder, setting them aside. Then he
rested his forearms on either side of her head and stared into her eyes, his
lips a scant inch from hers as he spoke. “I’m here for you. Our date deserves
another shot.”

Her heart thundered. The thick
eyelashes framing his gray-green eyes mesmerized her. He stood too near for her
to formulate a coherent response. This much physical perfection and sex appeal
should be outlawed. Her mind was not equipped to handle it.

“What do you say?” he asked.

Yes, take me.
“I say, why me?” Her voice rose with an embarrassing squeak as she struggled to
compose a rational argument and remind herself she was in her office, just feet
away from her employees who’d never seen her anything less than one hundred
percent professional. “I get why you went out with me on Saturday. You’d shut
yourself away from the world, and I was the first woman to find you. But you’ve
been reminded you can have Jamie or anyone else you crook your finger for. Why
do you still want me?”

His gaze softened with a tenderness
that pierced her heart. He brushed his thumb along her cheek. “How could I not
want you, Gretchen? You’re smart and funny and beautiful and not afraid to let
a guy who has no idea what you like order for you on a first date.”